KDAL Runway 18/36 — Dallas Love Field
6,147 × 150 ft asphalt · true headings 186° / 006° · field elevation 487 ft
Runway 18/36 at Dallas Love Field (KDAL) in Dallas, TX is 6,147 ft long and 150 ft wide, asphalt, with true headings 186° and 006°. KDAL publishes a digital ATIS, so this page shows the runway the tower is actually using right now and builds a record of how often each end is assigned.
Runway 18/36 — current status
CLOSED- The FAA runway record lists this runway as closed.
Sources: FAA runway record (OurAirports) · D-ATIS 0253Z (9:53 PM CDT). Runway NOTAMs stream live from the FAA NOTAM Management Service (SWIM); the official text is shown verbatim below the card. Always confirm with a current briefing.
No received NOTAM currently names runway 18/36 at KDAL. NOTAMs are received live from the FAA NOTAM Management Service through SWIM and recorded since Sep 19, 2026; a NOTAM issued before that and not re-issued since may be missing. Get a full briefing before flight.
Current active runways at KDAL
As stated by the airport’s D-ATIS — the facility’s own broadcast, not an estimate.
This D-ATIS configuration has been stated since 0053Z (7:53 PM CDT).
Show the D-ATIS text
DAL ATIS INFO S 0253Z. 14007G16KT 10SM FEW250 32/16 A3002 (THREE ZERO ZERO TWO). VISUAL APPROACH RWY 13R IN USE. RWY 13L CLSD. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO S.
Current wind on Runway 18/36
Wind from the southeast (140°) at 7 kt, gusting 16 kt
- Headwind
- 5 kt
- Crosswind
- 5 ktfrom left
- Gust crosswind
- 12 kt
- Tailwind
- 5 kt
- Crosswind
- 5 ktfrom right
- Gust crosswind
- 12 kt
Wind-favored runway at KDAL right now: 13L (7 kt headwind) — a different runway than this one.
Components use TRUE runway headings and TRUE METAR wind. “Favored by wind” is arithmetic, not an ATC assignment.
ATIS Alerts Predicted Runway
Which runway at KDAL is likely to be in use over the next 12 hours — an estimate, not an ATC assignment.
| Time | Likely runway | Confidence | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Now0331Z · 10:31 PM CDT | 13Ractive · D-ATIS stated by D-ATIS | stated | 140° at 7 kt G16 |
| +1 h0431Z · 11:31 PM CDT | 13Rthen 31L | High95% | 150° at 7 kt |
| +2 h0531Z · 12:31 AM CDT | 13Rthen 31L | High95% | 150° at 7 kt |
| +3 h0631Z · 1:31 AM CDT | 13Rthen 31L | High95% | 150° at 7 kt |
| +6 h0931Z · 4:31 AM CDT | 13Rthen 31L | High95% | 150° at 7 kt |
| +12 h1531Z · 10:31 AM CDT | 13Rthen 31L | High95% | 150° at 7 kt |
ATIS Alerts Predicted Runway is an estimate from the TAF wind forecast and runway geometry (most headwind, crosswind penalised, tailwind over 5 kt avoided, longest runway breaks ties). It is not an ATC assignment and does not know about noise abatement, traffic flow or construction unless the D-ATIS states them. TAF issued 0246Z (9:46 PM CDT).
- GDP → SAN · since 09/19 0000Z · by DCC · Volume/Terminal:Volume: — ground delay program
- GDP → SFO · since 09/19 0200Z · by DCC · Volume/Terminal:Volume: — ground delay program
Restrictions on departures from KDALtoward the named airports or fixes, as recorded by the tower's surface system; they change the departure flow, not the runway in use. Not an FAA product.
Runway 18/36 overview
Physical characteristics from the FAA-derived runway record.
- Length
- 6,147 ft
- Width
- 150 ft
- Surface
- Asphalt
- Runway lights
- Not lighted
- Airport elevation
- 487 ft
- FAA record status
- Closed
- True heading
- 186°
- Magnetic (approx.)
- ≈ 183°
- FAA record
- Closed
- True heading
- 006°
- Magnetic (approx.)
- ≈ 003°
- FAA record
- Closed
Runway 18/36 numbers are magnetic; the stored geometry and every wind calculation on this page are TRUE north, so they never need a variation correction. Magnetic variation here is about 2.6°E (World Magnetic Model). Displaced thresholds, declared distances (TORA/TODA/ASDA/LDA), approach lighting, PAPI/VASI, ILS equipment and traffic-pattern direction are FAA NASR fields not yet loaded — they are omitted rather than guessed.
Recorded runway use at KDAL — last 30 days
How often the D-ATIS named each end for arrivals and departures (the facility's own statement).
ATIS Alerts records every change of KDAL's D-ATIS and turns it into a log of which runways the facility named for arrivals and departures. Recording started Sep 18, 2026 — 11 hours captured so far. Usage statistics appear once 24 hours are on record, and become meaningful after a few weeks.
Historical wind and crosswind on runway 18/36
20-year hourly climatology from the ASOS archive, computed per runway end.
Long-term wind statistics for runway 18/36 are not loaded yet. ATIS Alerts computes them from the 20-year ASOS archive for stations with continuous records; check back as coverage expands.
Runway 18/36 closure history
Runway NOTAM history begins when the NOTAM feed goes live (next phase).
D-ATIS broadcasts recorded since Sep 18, 2026 declared runway 18 closed on 0 days and runway 36 closed on 0 days in the last 30 days. Scheduled and unscheduled closure NOTAMs, with start and end times and the official text, will appear here once ATIS Alerts records runway NOTAMs; there is no retrievable archive, so history accrues from that date forward.
Instrument approaches to runway 18/36
From the FAA d-TPP, linked to the official plates.
Runway 18
No straight-in instrument approach published to this end.
Runway 36
No straight-in instrument approach published to this end.
43 departure procedures · 16 STARs · FAA d-TPP cycle 2610. Plates open on aeronav.faa.gov (public domain); ATIS Alerts does not reproduce charts or minimums.
Methodology and sources
Short version below; the full write-up is at Runway Intelligence methodology, and every launched airport is listed on the Runway Intelligence hub.
- Active runwayscome first from the tower's TFDM (Terminal Flight Data Manager) airport configuration, received as structured data through the FAA SWIM Cloud Distribution Service at towers that have it (KDAL does); otherwise from the airport's D-ATIS text (community relay of the FAA broadcast) with an open, tested parser, and the broadcast text is always shown. Every change is recorded, so “recorded use” is what the facility stated, never an inference. ATIS Alerts is not an FAA product and this is not FAA data; SWIM content is for non-operational use.
- Wind components use the current METAR (aviationweather.gov) against TRUE runway headings from the OurAirports/FAA runway record.
- Runway visual range, tower demand and traffic-management restrictions come from FAA SWIM: STDDS Airport Data (RVR and light settings, about 130 airports) and TFDM (15-minute runway demand, APREQ/MIT restrictions). Each block is stamped with its own time; none of it is an FAA product or a clearance.
- Predicted runway scores each open end from the TAF wind (headwind, crosswind penalty, tailwind avoidance, longest-runway tie-break); confidence falls with forecast distance, gusts and TAF age. It does not model noise abatement or flow programs.
- Climatology: Iowa Environmental Mesonet ASOS archive, one observation per hour, 45° wind sectors, percentiles via t-digest; runway geometry is today's record applied to all years. Methodology v1.
- Approaches: FAA d-TPP metafile, current charting cycle; plates link to aeronav.faa.gov. No minimums are reproduced.
- Data freshness: METAR and D-ATIS refresh every minute on this page; the D-ATIS recorder ran 1 min ago; the tower TFDM feed last delivered 13 min ago; climatology through the archive end.
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